1954-1972

Prep 'Star Basketball Zoaches, Hopefuls Told Turner, Hale Returning 1 Junior College and #DeltaState the last five at Petal, where this College, before beginning his year his @lsVeam won 35 in a coaching career with one season row before falling in the state TopekaaTiltOn with I mes were am+ J@Y by weeklong run of sports activity wins, 78 losses with boys, 92 ,,& success, winning 160 and I tihe sponsomgM~sl%lppl Awn. in ,the &pita1 City. wins, 85 losses with girls. I of Coaches. Among the &Is' I I - ~ losing only 82 in eight seasons, Bale bas been at Hurricane fOW dnning sev- A list of 124boys and % &IS are the state's finest high ,jgbt years, winning North en titles and in lN7 t w g the provides a challenge of major s~chool senior baskekers, includ- girl$ htles in 1 ~ , 1966, 1967 proportions later .this week for such prizes as Betty Nester and 1 ~ 0 ,m g the state SouthClass B title fini&- the All-Star mches and of Sake's Class B chmps; Dot Class 'B titles in 1966 and 1967, . h g smnd in ~ state. basketball commlttemen to Eas tmwd of Starkville's Class finis- semnd this year and - ' whittle down into four w a d s of AA champs, who averaged 25 third in : 12players eaeh. points a game; Brenda Dodd, a Chance& *% lqlk%ve oi Of the eight coaches chosen standout $ u ~ d Ingomar's =-znd graduate of Wlis i1 hy vote of a sda t i on members, Class BB champs asd 5-7 Paula w~ &. returning for the Morgan of Ru l d l e , who aver- ,","g

Intensity of interest in the Clurtis St. May of St. Stan- year, winning District Seven games - the boys' will be No. islaus, 30.6 polnk and 6-7 2nd South Mississippi titles be- 16 in a series that started in Mayberry of canton. fore finishing as runner-up in 155, the girls' No. 6 - is re. The South leads both all-star the state Class B bme y . ected in the large number of series by wide margins, the tminations. boys by 11 wins to four for *the Bernard Blackwell, eliecutive No~h , the girls by four wins to iecretary of the Mississippi one for the North. AS^. of Coaches, released the Last year the Yanks were on years at Leakesville High, &en nominees - 67 for the North the losing ends of both games, boys, 57 for the South boys, 51 decisively in the girls' affair, for . -- the . South . . @Is and 44 for 75-49, and rather badly in the Consistent Yankee r , , L , " " C+,.(+ ,"- -krr ,,""